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Moderate Republicans support Jan Brewer campaign

Walking through Military Plaza park this afternoon, a small rally was in progress and I had a chance to talk to one of the volunteers for the campaign to Recall Jan Brewer. It seems the campaign was started by a Republican! And when the volunteer was making her calls asking

bandersnatch and brain child

Made a good haul at the Book Stop on 4th Ave recently - they have an excellent collection of classic sci-fi, as well as really good kids authors like Avi and Roald Dahl. Bandersnatch by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. A first novel, which I generally like - fresh if

Judy Burns defends TUSD schools

TUSD board member Judy Burns came out strongly last night in opposition to closing any more schools for a year, and instead spending the time to redraw boundaries and work with parents and communities. Adelita Grijalva supported Burns and Hicks voted to at least vote on it; but Stegeman and

Here's how - check out this post & project

I am excited - just interviewed by email an Egyptian guy who is trying to support innovation and cultural transformation in Egypt (though Ramy might not say 'transformation') - here's the post: http://btucson.com/Tucson/Politics%20&%20Government/Global%20Issues//189881 Will post the

How do we help?

On a more serious note, what should us comfortable Western folks do to support democracy protesters risking their lives to eliminate dangerous dictators? I don't really know. Its their revolution, not ours, but it seems like we should somehow offer non-directing friendship or support. We can 'friend&

Why the Truth Shall Set You Free

Did Wikileaks trigger events in Tunisia? Not to devalue the efforts of the Tunisian opposition, street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi's sacrifice or in any way minimize the real problems with the government; just the opposite. But it could be that Wikileaks publishing a 'truth that everyone knows'

Opening Tucson Government

"Citizenship isn't just the possession of rights and responsibilities; it's a state of mind." --Jess Zimbabwe, speaking at the 2010 Open Cities conference. It's your city. Have at it. The Open Cities movement wants citizens to be more engaged with their city

"Freedom and democracy are dreams you never give up"

Aung San Suu Kyi was interviewed on a contraband camera Partial transcript - read below to find what Aung San is asking us to do (transcribed from the video): [Question about her willingness to talk to a brutal and oppressive regime] "You have to talk to people if you

Writing for AloNovo

I'm doing some work (a very little work) with the AloNovo project, which is basically a site to help consumers find socially responsible companies to shop with. Here's my first post on taking responsibility as an accidental shareholder in these beasts: We the Corporations

And the moral is...

Just finished the old Jack Finney Invasion of the Bodysnatchers (had to read it because of the title, I have a theory about corporations being subject to real-life bodysnatching ;-). Good read, convincing characters, plot ok - and I love the moral : yeah its hopeless but that's exactly